^{18 Ref} And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'

^{19 Ref} and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;'

^{20 Ref} and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.

^{21 Ref} And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;'

^{22 Ref} and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet.

^{23 Ref} And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her;

^{24 Ref} and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

^{25 Ref} And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it `is' Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What `is' this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?'

²⁶ And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born;

^{27 Ref} fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.'

²⁸ And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife;

^{29 Ref} and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

^{30 Ref} And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.